raveneye

Funny, I wouldn’t say the latest research in atmospheric physics is cyanide-laced Kool Aid. I doubt anybody would, except maybe people who are really threatened by it. It’s just data, you know? How can it possibly hurt you?

I guess we can call this the “I couldn’t care less about atmospheric physics, I have all the science I need right here inside my own head” brand of skepticism.

Or, “Data, I don't need no steenking data” style of skepticism.

I know it can be a drag to have to think critically about what you find on the web, but the alternative is being as gullible as any seven-year-old. For example, you wouldn’t want to make the mistake of believing that Steve Milloy’s ULTIMATE GLOBAL WARMING CONTEST is actually real, would you? That would be rather embarrassing, wouldn’t it?

Let’s see if we can unpack your “argument” here. You’re saying that you don’t like the U.N., therefore global warming is a massive, worldwide scientific hoax perpetrated by 100 countries, a dozen scientific academies, all scientific funding agencies, hundreds of scientific journals, and every independent published scientific review, with the necessary implication being that thousands of dastardly scientists have been secretly colluding in a massive conspiracy to fake their data for the last 30 years.

I hate to be an “annoying” skeptic, but, are there any logical steps between the premise and conclusion here?

Uh, no, there never was a “consensus of scientists” that we’re headed into an ice age. You’ve been snookered by Steve Milloy again. You really need to try to be a bit more skeptical of random stuff you drink off the intertubes, even if it has a tangy grape flavor.





In other news, NASA been making a heck of a lot of money the last 50 years promoting their political agenda that the earth is round. I can’t believe they got away with it. Those sneaky bastards!

Have you followed the money to Exxon yet, or did your clever sleuthing trail just plumb peter out?